Knowledge Base

Verify Knowledge Base resource

Mark a Knowledge Base resource (FILE or URL) as verified. Stamps lastVerifiedAt to the current time and resets expiresAt forward by the domain’s configured review cadence; the resource’s content (title, description, file or url, tags, owner) is left unchanged. Caller does not need to know the resource type — the persisted resourceType is used. Returns 404 when the id is unknown in the domain or — for FILE rows — when the underlying uploaded document has been deleted.

POST

knowledge-base

resources

{id}

verify

Verify Knowledge Base resource

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "expirationDate": "2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify"

payload = { "expirationDate": "2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({expirationDate: '2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z'})
};

fetch('https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'expirationDate' => '2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"expirationDate\": \"2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"expirationDate\": \"2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"expirationDate\": \"2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439021",
  "type": "FILE",
  "title": "SOC 2 Type II Report",
  "description": "Annual SOC 2 Type II report covering 2024.",
  "fileUrl": "https://files.example.s3.amazonaws.com/507f1f77bcf86cd799439021?X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=...",
  "customerVisibility": "REQUEST_ACCESS",
  "downloadPermission": "VIEW_AND_DOWNLOAD",
  "isUsedInQuestionnaires": true,
  "ownerAssignment": {
    "type": "User",
    "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439041",
    "displayName": "Alex Rivera"
  },
  "expirationStatus": "CURRENT",
  "expirationDate": "2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "lastUpdated": "2024-12-15T17:42:11.000Z",
  "lastVerified": "2024-12-20T09:00:00.000Z",
  "tags": [
    {
      "categoryId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
      "tagId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439013"
    }
  ],
  "categoryId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439051"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

string

required

Body

application/json

expirationDate

string

The expiration date in ISO 8601 format. If omitted, falls back to the configured review cadence.

Example:

"2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z"

Response

200 - application/json

KnowledgeBaseDocumentResourceOutput
KnowledgeBaseWebpageResourceOutput

Discriminated union over type of all resource kinds in the Trust Knowledge Base (currently FILE and URL).

string

required

type

enum<string>

required

Available options:

FILE

title

string

required

description

string | null

required

fileUrl

string

required

Presigned S3 URL for the underlying document. Expires after 1 hour due to AWS IAM Role limitations on presigned URL lifetimes. Re-fetch the resource to obtain a fresh URL once this one expires.

customerVisibility

enum<string> | null

required

Available options:

PUBLIC,

SHAREABLE,

PRIVATE,

REQUEST_ACCESS,

null

downloadPermission

enum<string> | null

required

Available options:

VIEW_ONLY,

VIEW_AND_DOWNLOAD,

null

isUsedInQuestionnaires

boolean | null

required

ownerAssignment

object | null

required

Show child attributes

expirationStatus

enum<string>

required

Customer-facing expiration status used by knowledge-base API responses (answer library entries and resources). Derived from the persisted expiresAt field at read time.

Available options:

CURRENT,

EXPIRED

expirationDate

string | null

required

lastUpdated

string

required

lastVerified

string | null

required

tags

object[]

required

Show child attributes

categoryId

string | null

required

Trust Center category id the resource is currently filed under, or null if uncategorized (or not on the Trust Center, which is the case for PRIVATE / SHAREABLE resources).

⌘I

Verify Knowledge Base resource

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "expirationDate": "2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify"

payload = { "expirationDate": "2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({expirationDate: '2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z'})
};

fetch('https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'expirationDate' => '2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"expirationDate\": \"2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"expirationDate\": \"2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.vanta.com/v1/knowledge-base/resources/{id}/verify")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"expirationDate\": \"2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439021",
  "type": "FILE",
  "title": "SOC 2 Type II Report",
  "description": "Annual SOC 2 Type II report covering 2024.",
  "fileUrl": "https://files.example.s3.amazonaws.com/507f1f77bcf86cd799439021?X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=...",
  "customerVisibility": "REQUEST_ACCESS",
  "downloadPermission": "VIEW_AND_DOWNLOAD",
  "isUsedInQuestionnaires": true,
  "ownerAssignment": {
    "type": "User",
    "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439041",
    "displayName": "Alex Rivera"
  },
  "expirationStatus": "CURRENT",
  "expirationDate": "2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "lastUpdated": "2024-12-15T17:42:11.000Z",
  "lastVerified": "2024-12-20T09:00:00.000Z",
  "tags": [
    {
      "categoryId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
      "tagId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439013"
    }
  ],
  "categoryId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439051"
}

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